Study it in the app“They said, “The Elohim of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a journey of three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to YHWH our Elohim, or he will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.””
They said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“The Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof the Hebrewsהָעִבְרִיםhas metנִקְרָאwith us.עָלֵינוּPlease let us goנֵלֲכָה נָּאa journeyדֶּרֶךְof threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdaysיָמִיםinto the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרand sacrificeוְנִזְבְּחָהto YHWHלַיהוָהour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּorפֶּןhe will fall upon usיִפְגָּעֵנוּwith pestilenceבַּדֶּבֶרorאוֹwith the sword.”בֶחָרֶב
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsHebrew
Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.
Where else “ivrim” appearsbefall
For an event, good or bad, to befall someone without his seeking it.
Where else “nikra” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “nelacha” appearsjourney
The stretch one covers going from place to place, and how long it takes.
Where else “derech” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearssacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “nizbcha” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appearsfall upon
To fall on someone to wound or kill him.
Where else “yifgae” appearsplague, pestilence
Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.
Where else “dever” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears2But Pharaoh said, “Who is YHWH, that I should listen to his voice and let Israel go? I do not know YHWH, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”
3 · This verse (above)
4The king of Egypt said to them, “Why, Moses and Aaron, do you take the people away from their work? Go to your burdens!”
